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Human functioning and disability
Introduction | Statistics | Standards and methods | Meetings
The United Nations Statistics Division issues standards and methods approved by the Statistical Commission to assist national statistical authorities and other producers of statistics in the collection, compilation and dissemination of data.
 
Standards, concepts and methods:
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 International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health, (ICF) Custodian: WHO
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 Questions used to identify persons with disability in DISTAT, 1973 - 1996
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 Disability census questions, 1995 - 2004
 
Additional technical materials:
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 Guidelines and Principles for the Development of Disability Statistics, 2001
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 Manual for the Development of Statistical Information for Disability: Programmes and Policies, 1996
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 Development of Statistics of Disabled Persons: Case Studies, 1986
 
Links:
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 Washington Group on Disability Statistics

The United Nations Statistics Division works with the Washington Group on Disability Statistics to promote and co-ordinate international co-operation in the area of functioning and disability. Current work focuses on developing disability measures suitable for use in censuses and sample surveys. The work of the Group has been presented in several meetings worldwide.
 
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